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Moriarty added that the topic of limiting network bandwidth did arise at a recent meeting of the Network Advisory Group, which consists of network personnel from each of Harvard’s component schools...
Individually, the schools set policies to regulate their own bandwidth, which is then implemented by University Information Services...
...talk of limiting uploads from campus computers over file sharing networks stems from constraints on the capacity of Harvard’s computer networks. Upload limits could help reducing bandwidth growth, keeping down costs...
...cost truly was a limiting factor, Harvard still had a tremendous opportunity to install cable at huge savings when it installed high-bandwidth Internet lines. No doubt there was clamoring for cable in the early ’90s when all the work on the University network took place. Even way back then people wanted their wars televised and electric rotisseries available for purchase right from their living rooms. Yet when all the wiring was complete, there was not a new cable outlet to be found...
...Sonera suspended their Group 3G joint venture, each writing off more than €4 billion on their investment in new "third-generation" mobile networks for Germany and elsewhere. Like nearly all the big European operators, they paid a lot for 3G because they expected a lot: tapping into higher bandwidth, 3G mobiles were supposed to offer everything from high-speed Internet access to streaming video, allowing telecoms to keep revenues flowing even after the market for plain old phone calls became saturated. But the technology has been slow to develop, and operators have lost investor support for their once-lavish...